1588-1776 By kwhite10 Apr 5, 1588 Thomas Hobbes Period: Dec 10, 1588 to Dec 10, 1776 Beginnings Jan 1, 1607 Indentured Servants Jan 1, 1618 Headright System Jul 30, 1619 House of Burgesses Jan 1, 1620 Great Puritan Migration Jan 1, 1620 Separatists Nov 1, 1620 Pilgrims Nov 11, 1620 Mayflower Compact Jan 1, 1621 William Bradford Jan 1, 1630 City on a Hill Aug 29, 1632 John Locke Apr 3, 1633 Proprietary Colonies Jan 1, 1635 Roger Williams Jan 1, 1636 Harvard College Mar 22, 1638 Anne Hutchinson Jan 1, 1640 Middle Passage Jan 1, 1642 Charter Colonies May 1, 1643 New England Confederation Jan 1, 1650 Mercantilism Oct 9, 1651 Trade and Navigation Acts Jan 1, 1662 Halfway Covenant Jun 1, 1675 King Philip's War Jan 1, 1676 Bacon's Rebellion Jan 1, 1681 William Penn Dec 7, 1682 Freedom of Consciences Feb 1, 1692 Salem Witch Trials Dec 16, 1714 George Whitefield May 29, 1721 Royal Colonies Jan 1, 1730 The Great Awakening Feb 21, 1734 James Oglethorpe Apr 16, 1735 Peter Zenger Trial Jul 8, 1741 Jonathan Edwards Jan 1, 1750 "No Taxation without Representation" Jan 1, 1754 French and Indian War Jul 10, 1754 Albany Plan Jul 11, 1761 Phillis Wheatly May 7, 1763 Pontiac's Rebellion Oct 7, 1763 Proclamation of 1763 Jan 1, 1764 Paxton Boys Apr 5, 1764 Sugar Act of 1764 Mar 22, 1765 Stamp Act of 1765 May 3, 1765 Quartering Act Oct 19, 1765 Stamp Act Congress Oct 31, 1765 Non-importation agreements Jun 29, 1767 Townshend Acts Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre Jun 9, 1772 Gaspee Affair May 10, 1773 Tea Act of 17732 Dec 1, 1773 Sons of Liberty Dec 6, 1773 Boston Tea Party Mar 28, 1774 Intolerable/Coercive Acts Sep 5, 1774 First Continental Congress Oct 26, 1774 Second Continental Congress Mar 22, 1775 Salutary Neglect Apr 1, 1775 Virtual Representation Jul 5, 1775 Olive Branch Petition Oct 28, 1775 Loyalists/Tories Jan 9, 1776 Thomas Paine/Common Sense Dec 19, 1776 The Crisis Papers